He acted according to his training," Tricia McLaughlin, assistant secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, told the Minnesota Star Tribune in an email, noting that this specific agent was selected for ICE’s Special Response Team, is an expert marksman.
He acted according to his training … is an expert marksman.
[🔗 The Star Tribune)(https://www.startribune.com/ice-agent-who-fatally-shot-woman-in-minneapolis-is-identified/601560214)
Cynthia Knight composed this in 1983 - a poem typed entirely on the upper row of a typewriter.
That second part bears repeating …. a poem typed entirely on the upper row of a typewriter.
Now click through and read it. Marvellous stuff.
Today’s Surprise From History - 🔗 The Simple Life
Very clever - IMHO
🔗 Blenheim Palace Launches New Tour Exploring Servant Scandals, Secrets, and Supernatural Tales
If you’ve ever wandered through a grand British stately home and wondered about the lives of those who actually kept the place running, Blenheim Palace has a new tour designed specifically for you
🔗😂 xkcd: Superstition - so good.
🔗 Is Trump Going to Start a World War? Or, the Price Americans Will Pay For One
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It’s one thing to say: America can’t be depended on anymore to be a friend and ally. It’s another to say: America can’t be trusted not to invade, conquer, or control you. These are different levels of breakdown in relationships. The first is a lack of trust. But the second is a breach and betrayal.
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Even with all its guns and bombs, can America conquer the entire world? Of course not. In the end, the world will win this foolish game, and America must lose. That is where this road begins. Where it ends is with the world demanding that America, in the end, make good for the harm it is doing now, and will continue to do. And the world has the power to enforce that, too, because of course, it owns America’s debt. In this way, too, impoverishment beckons for Americans.
🖇️ I have remarked on this before.
Here are less obvious ones. The EU retaliates not militarily, but financially. It goes nuclear, and dumps its US assets, from stocks to bonds. Bang. There go America’s 401Ks. China joins it, and things go from bad to worse. And of course, because they don’t want to be left holding assets worth pennies on the dollar, Japan and the Arab states race in, too. The stakes now are stark and severe. I don’t think that Americans, at least many of them, fully grasp where they are.
Today’s Surprise From History - 🔗 I should do more Snickelcasts
Small developers (especially generalists) have a new competitive advantage
Not just developers methinks ….
Said it before - saying it again
